Kōnan-no-rakujitsu

ICS., Apr.1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.29: Large to very large size, scarlet red with white stripes on inner petals, double. Blooms mid-season to late. A seedling of C.hybrid Virginia W. Cutter x C.chekiangoleosa. Kaoru Hagiya, June 1994, Bulletin of the Seibu Maizuru Botanical Institute, No.8, pp.1-9, colour plate 15, p.9 (H3222): Vermilion (RHS.CC.45C), large to very large double with white stripes on inner petals. Split stamen clustered and protruding style. Spring blooming. Habit upright. Originated in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan, by Dr Kaoru Hagiya, named and released in 1982. Colour photo, ICS Journal, 1995, p.81.